Local News in Brief : Suit May Be Dismissed

A federal judge said Monday that she will dismiss a lawsuit accusing three Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputies of killing a woman unless evidence is presented supporting the allegation within 90 days.

Stephen Yagman, an attorney for the suit’s plaintiff, asked U.S. District Judge Mariana Pfaelzer for one-year period to gather evidence in the case, complaining that the Los Angeles Police Department is withholding data while it investigates the death of Catherine Braley, 26, of Van Nuys.

Braley’s mother, Mary Postma, filed suit March 30 against the three deputies, alleging that they killed Braley, whose beaten and strangled body was discovered Jan. 15 in a parking lot in Van Nuys.